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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1903-01-04 · Played 1925–1930 · Career WAR 7.6 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=metzlal01, LAHMAN=metzlal01, MLBAM=119003, RETROSHEET=metza101

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1925	CHN	NL	9	38	2	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	7	.184	.244	.237	.481	-0.4
1926	PHA	AL	20	67	8	16	3	0	0	12	1	0	7	5	.239	.311	.284	.595	-0.2
1927	CHA	AL	134	543	87	173	29	11	3	61	15	11	61	39	.319	.396	.429	.825	4.5
1928	CHA	AL	139	464	71	141	18	14	3	55	16	8	77	30	.304	.410	.422	.832	3.4
1929	CHA	AL	146	568	80	156	23	13	2	49	9	5	80	45	.275	.367	.371	.738	1.4
1930	CHA	AL	56	79	12	14	4	0	0	5	0	2	11	6	.177	.278	.228	.506	-1.1
1930	SLA	AL	56	209	30	54	6	3	1	23	5	1	21	12	.258	.326	.330	.656
Total			560	1968	290	561	85	41	9	207	46	27	260	144	.285	.368	.384	.752	7.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1925	CHN	NL	OF	9	24	3	0	0
1926	PHA	AL	OF	17	34	3	0	1
1927	CHA	AL	OF	134	397	16	15	6
1928	CHA	AL	OF	134	288	11	10	3
1929	CHA	AL	OF	142	316	16	14	3
1930	CHA	AL	OF	27	30	1	1	0
1930	SLA	AL	OF	56	114	2	6	0
Total				519	1203	52	46	13

Ejections (2)

Date	As	Reason
1927-06-03	Player	Called third strike
1928-09-21	Player	Call at HP

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